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Reservation Wages of First and Second Generation Migrants
Constant, Amelie; Krause, Annabelle; Rinne, Ulf; … - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2010
survey data of a representative inflow sample into unemployment in Germany, we empirically test the hypothesis that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008765849
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Reservation Wages of First and Second Generation Migrants
Constant, Amelie F.; Krause, Annabelle; Rinne, Ulf; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
survey data of a representative inflow sample into unemployment in Germany, we empirically test the hypothesis that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008777149
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Do women benefit from competitive markets? Product market competition and the gender pay gap in Germany
Hirsch, Boris; Oberfichtner, Michael; Schnabel, Claus - In: Economics Bulletin 32 (2012) 2, pp. 1618-1624
Using a large linked employer–employee dataset for Germany with a direct plant-level measure of product market competition and controlling for job-cell fixed effects, we investigate whether relative wages of women benefit from strong competition. We find that the unexplained gender pay...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011278580
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Cultural Integration in Germany
Constant, Amelie F.; Nottmeyer, Olga; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
This chapter investigates the integration processes of immigrants in Germany by comparing certain immigrant groups to … immigrants are differences in marital behavior as well as language abilities, ethnic identification and religious distribution. A …. These indicators are also presented. All of these indicators are depicted in comparison between natives and immigrants …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008497018
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Employment stability of entrants in newly founded firms: a matching approach using linked employer-employee data from Germany
Schnabel, Claus; Kohaut, Susanne; Brixy, Udo - Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
Using a linked employer-employee dataset and taking the perspective of individuals rather than firms, this paper analyzes some effects of joining start-ups. We show that entrants in new firms differ from those joining incumbent firms, and we use a matching approach to compare a group of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008615521
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Employment Stability of Entrants in Newly Founded Firms: A Matching Approach Using Linked Employer-Employee Data from Germany
Schnabel, Claus; Kohaut, Susanne; Brixy, Udo - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
Using a linked employer-employee dataset and taking the perspective of individuals rather than firms, this paper analyzes some effects of joining start-ups. We show that entrants in new firms differ from those joining incumbent firms, and we use a matching approach to compare a group of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763862
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Economic preferences and attitudes of the unemployed: Are natives and second generation migrants alike?
Constant, Amelie F.; Krause, Annabelle; Rinne, Ulf; … - In: International Journal of Manpower 32 (2011) November, pp. 825-851
Evaluation Dataset, a recently collected survey of a representative inflow sample into unemployment in Germany. The data include … unemployment entry. Research limitations/implications – The findings offer interesting perspectives, e.g. with regard to the design …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010539775
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Ethnicity, job search and labor market reintegration of the unemployed
Constant, Amelie F.; Kahanec, Martin; Rinne, Ulf; … - In: International Journal of Manpower 32 (2011) November, pp. 753-776
representative sample of entrants into unemployment in Germany. The data include a large number of migration variables, allowing us …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010539791
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The Role of Turkish Immigrants in Entrepreneurial Activities in Germany
Constant, Amelie; Shachmurove, Yochanan; Zimmermann, … - Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania - 2005
This paper addresses a central issue to migration the role of immigrants in entrepreneurial activity. In particular … methods. The findings are that observable characteristics play different roles in the self-employment choice of immigrants and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005150190
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Higher wages in exporting firms: self-selection, export effect, or both? First evidence from German linked employer-employee data
Schank, Thorsten; Schnabel, Claus; Wagner, Joachim - Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
While it is a stylized fact that exporting firms pay higher wages than non-exporting firms, the direction of the link between exporting and wages is less clear. Using a rich set of German linked employer-employee panel data we follow over time plants that start to export. We show that the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008615520